Real Vigo Sporting

Following the example of Barcelona, where FC Barcelona and Català FC had been founded in 1899, Vigo came up with their own clubs in 1905, the Fortuna Football Club and the Vigo Football Club, and ever since their birth, there has been a great rivalry between the two. The club's greatest achievement was reaching the 1908 Copa del Rey Final (still as Vigo FC), which they lost 1-2 to Madrid. Sporting was crowned champion of the Galician Championship eight times in 1908, 1909, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1923. Historic players of the club include the Yarza brothers (Joaquín and Manuel), who were crowned champions of Spain with Madrid, and Moncho Gil and Otero, who represented Spain at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. In order to create a powerful team that could successfully compete against the likes of Barcelona and Madrid, Sporting merged with their great rivals, Fortuna, to give birth to Real Club Celta de Vigo in 1923. The last match between these two rivals was held on 11 March 1923, which the viguistas won to claim the 1922–23 Galician championship. Ramón González was the hero of the match as he scored the only goal of the game in a 1–0 win. Real Vigo Sporting: Isidro; Otero, Pérez; Queralt, Hermida, Vázquez; Gerardo, R. González, Chiarroni, Tito and Pinilla Real Fortuna: Lilo; Juanito, Pasarín; Balbino, Torres, Córdoba; Reigosa, Rodríguez, Chicha, Correa and Salvador.

Club names

Vigo F.C. (1905–1913) Merged with New F.C. (1906) Merged with Español F.C.…

Regional

Campionato Galego (unofficial) [1] Winners (2): 1906–07, 1907–08 Campionato Galego [2] Winners (5): 1913–14, 1916–17, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1922–23

Domestic

Copa del Rey Runners-up (1): 1908